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i |vx WISDOM OF WORDS Emu farm in Chattri attarcts visitors : Page 2 Students elect 20 members of Drug rackets use unemployed youths as peddlers in Dharamshala first CUHP Student Council Thursday, November 29, 2013 In the first ever student council elections in was pleased with the peaceful conduct of elec- By Rajesh Badhawan i o n s . the university, students elected 20 representa- t Dharamshala, a small town located in Handmade posters were put up by canditives to the Student Council body of CUHP on the foothills of the Dhauladhar range, is a November 22, 2013. The elections witnessed dates across college notice boards for canvassbeautiful place that attracts national and in87.7% polling for 13 seats across 7 Schools of ing, and the 10 day long election process ternational tourists every year. Tourists visitng concluded with students voting by signing on a Study in the university. Dharamshala to spend their vacations in this No elections were held for two Schools ballot paper. ‘God’s Own Paradise’, bring in a lot of busiThe council has been formed with an aim (MBA and Physical Sciences) as their members ness opportunities for the locals. From hotels, to participate in the polwere elected to travel & tour packages, to food service – the icy making decisions of u n a n i m o u s l y, local people provide everything the guests dethe university. Improvwhereas command. ing the university infrabined elections But what is most alarming in the last few structure is a common were held for two decades is the growth of its underground drug reform agenda that Schools (Humanibusiness. It has tarnished the image of this most newly elected ties and Educatourist town for worse. members will seek to tion) due to their Watching the weed business grow in such address. low student fashion, it’s hard to say if drugs are really The 20 Student strength. banned in this country. Recently, several Council members Nomination youngsters were booked by the police at a elected by the students papers were filed rave party in the city. Very common in upper of different Schools are by 37 candidates parts of the town, such parties are difficult to Mohmmed Atif of School of Business & Management Studies celebrates after Arvinder Kumar, – of which 8 were monitor as they are held at secret locations Mohmmed Atif, Sahil withdrawn and 2 his victory in the student council elections in CUHP. Photo: Arjita and partygoers are informed through secret rejected. Of the 27 contesting candidates, 6 Dhawan, Shivam Verma, and Sudhir Gulia modes of messages. (MBA), Arundhati Balouria, Poonam Sharma were females and 4 of them got elected. Drugs like cannabis, opium and heroin are Comprising 40 members – 20 nominated (Environmental Sciences), Manjeet Singh easily available in the surroundings of by the Academic Council, based on merit and Bansal (Humanities + Education), Rajesh BadDharmshala. The best source are the ‘ped20 elected by the students - the council will be hawan (Journalism), Ashish (Life Sciences), dlers’ - found in great numbers in the city. headed by the Dean, Student Welfare, Prof. Ankit Chauhan, Deepali Choudhary, Deepak, These peddlers are either drug addicts or H.R. Sharma. When asked about his expecta- and Dipesh Bhardwaj (Mathematics, Computers those trying to make some quick buck. tions from the council, he said, “I hope that the & Information Sciences), Abhinav Nag, Nitin Unaware of the consequences, many unemmembers will help us build the CUHP brand- Rathi (Physical Sciences), Ariz Ahmad, Swarit ployed youngsters are lured into ‘peddling’ – name.” Commenting on the first elections, Vice Sekhri (Social Sciences), Nishant Thakur, and due to high demand and great profits in the Chancellor, Prof. Furqan Qamar said that he Surbhi Soni (Tourism). drug business. What attracts the youth towards this illegal business - unemployment or a high demand for drugs? Though the answer is unclear, it’s clear that if things go By Arjita Singh unchecked, it will only get worse. Only 4 years old, the CUHP is indeed a Arundhati Balouria, Environmental Sciences Build a sound proof system in girls’ hostel and Mohmmed Atif, MBA - Reduce number of very young university. Its’ newly elected Student introduce a proper passage from rooms to the subjects taught in a course and hold more Council body is the voice of the students for kitchen in girls’ hostel workshops and seminars. building a strong foundation for the university to Ariz Ahmad, Social Sciences - Introduce field Ankit Chauhan, Mathematics - Bring in more grow and prosper. Introducing a canteen, makwork early in the course, organize more culfaculty and hold more workshops and semiing online fees submission system and building tural events and change class schedule. nars. a strong placement cell is a common proposal Abhinav Nag, Physical Sciences - Set up inAshish, Life Sciences - Establish a good by most university students for improving the ternet facility and put window curtains in their workstation with softwares. university infrastructure. Here is what your repclassrooms. Rajesh Badhawan, Journalism - Organize a resentatives say about their preferences: media festival and build a placement cell. Manjeet Bansal, Humanities & Education – Well equipped gym, women cell and in-house By Varun Kaushal doctor. Ajit started with a small capital of Rs. 1.35 Nishant Thakur, Tourism - window curtains Ajit Singh, an MSW student at CUHP, is lakh - used mostly to purchase a single photo- for the class rooms, placement cell and a funca role model to take after, since he played sevstat machine. Being one of the only such shops tioning class room projector. eral roles in life-from student to entreprenur to in the surroundings, his services were used by The Team family man- to keep the game on. most students from the nearby colleges and so Ankit Mahajan Ajay Singh After completing his graduation in B. Tech the business went by well. He then started sell- Rajesh Badhawan Anshum Awasthi (IT) from the Kurukshetra University, Ajit Singh ing engineering books at a discounted price to Arjita Singh Shailja Dhadwal worked as a system administrator in Nalagarh H.I.E.T. students. Soon he came up with an- Abhishek Pandey Sarathi Nath for one year. He wanted to pursue higher studother novel idea - free spiral binding for more Vasundhra M. Neha ies but could not do so due to lack of funds. than 120 pages of photostat. Ankita Devi Mohd. Zubair Four years went by before he secured adAn MSW student, Ajit manages the shop for Varun Kaushal Sahil Chauhan mission at the C.U.H.P. and decided to study 4 - 5 hours in the morning and attends classes Gaurav Mandyal Sonia Mehta again. To finance his education, he set up a at the university later in the day. He is 32, mar- Richa Karan Pundir small Photostat shop outside the university ried and has 7 members in his family. Rohita Ankit Bharadwaj campus. Mohd. Sharique Voice of the Student Council Members Study, Social, Work

2 Emu farm pulls crowd in Chattri village By Ankit Mahajan Gagan Singh’s Emu farm in Chattri is a new attraction for the villagers. (Photo: Ankit Mahajan) Gagan Singh’s house has become a place of great interest for the people of Chattri, especially for children around the village. It’s not that Gagan Singh is a magician who can take children for a fantasy ride or entertain them with his juggling skills. His house started attracting village attention for the last few months, when Gagan decided to build an emu farm. From that day, his house is visited by almost all the villagers to see these long-legged birds. Children spend hours watching these birds running and playing around in the farm. They even bring food from their homes to feed these rare birds. Emus are flightless birds native to Australia. The birds can be very productive for 25 to 35 years and can lay 20 to 50 eggs in a season. ‘’ The birds are very responsive and need very less care. All they need is an open farm where they can run freely because they can run at tremendous speed”, said Gagan. According to him, the birds are very adaptive and can stay in very hot as well as in very cold conditions. Moreover, they show love and affection towards their owner. “This trend is very new in the region, so usually people get surprised when they hear that I have invested almost rupees 5 lakh in this business.”, said Gagan. For starters, there is reason to get surprised, since a pair of emus cost at least Rs. 20,000 in the market. However, its eggs fetch good prices. According to Gagan, a mature emu lays at least 20 eggs in a season and an egg can fetch a price of Rs. 2000. Emu meat is low in fat, and the fat can be used in producing dietary supplements and cosmetics. “I am confident that I am going to get very good returns”, says he. Since its arrival to India in 1996, emu farming is picking up popularity across the country with a great rise in the number of farms. However, there are few cases in South India which are alarming for the new investors. Many investors in the states of Tamil Naidu, Karnataka and Kerala have lost staggering amount of hard earned money trying to set up emu farms. In short, Emus are interesting, but don’t get your hands burned. Open Library, Open Discussions By Vasundhra Mankotia An open library has been introduced in the corridors outside the C.U.H.P. library room. Here the legendry ‘silence’ can be broken - students can indulge in open group discussions without worrying about disturbing library discipline. The sitting arrangement has a row of tables separated by partitions, for allowing some privacy. With adequate sunlight and fresh air, the new reading space provides a wholesome environment. Talking on the new facilities in the library, Mr. S. C. Uppal, Consultant, Library Development said that the library has 23 Almirahs currently to store the books and journals. “Recently purchased study material will be added to the ex- Students using the new open library space at CUHP. isitng collection of books soon”, he added. Though the new open sitting arrangemnet initiative by the university is welcomed by most students, some have to take a long U-turn to reach classrooms adjoining library. Can a remedy to the problem be sought to keep everyone happy? VOICE, CUHP, November 29, 2013 ‘Tourism Week’ celebrations conclude with ‘Atithi Samman’ The ‘Tourism Week’ organized by the Travel & Tourism (T&T) Dept. concluded on ‘World Tourism Day’ with ‘Atithi Saman’ – welcoming of guests arriving from abroad by Travel and Tourism students at the Kangra airport. The week-long celebrations from September 20 to 27 witnessed student participation from C.U.H.P. and also from other schools, colleges and universities. Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Yoginder Verma in his inaugural speech said that the aim of the event was to bring sweeping change of attitude amongst the key actors in local, national andglobal tourism for achieving peace and sustainable development. Vice Chancellor Prof. Furqan Qumar was the special guest on the occasion. The theme of the event - ‘Tourism & Water Protecting Our Common Future’ - sought to address the importance of water in attracting tourism. Various competitions like declamation, photo caption, rangoli making & collage making were organized on different days. As part of a tree planting & cleanliness drive, Travel and Tourism students cleaned the university surroundings and planted saplings. They also guided others about proper waste disposal and motivated them to follow suit. Besides several awareness programs organized by the Tourism Society, a workshop was also conducted on ‘Home Stay Schemes in H.P.’. State level Inter School and national InterCollege quiz competitions were also organised as part of the celebrations. ‘World Tourism Day’ is celebrated annually on 27th September to spread awareness about the importance of tourism, and its social, cultural, political and economic value. Water coolers less accessible By Gaurav Mandyal It’s very strange that the university has only 2 water coolers for the use of about 450 students and a staff of more than 100. Both coolers are located in the middle floor with less accessibility, especially for visitors. As per sources, authorities are mulling over bringing more water coolers. Hope more water coolers will arrive soon! FOMO - A new ‘F’ word for social media addicts By Ankit Mahajan It is late night and you are still scrolling down your phone keys to check the latest updates from your friends on FB. Next morning, before picking up the morning newspaper, you are frantically checking the same social networks for what you have missed out last night after going to bed. If you have a routine quiet similar to this, you may be a victim of FOMOFear Of Missing Out disorder, the latest buzz in the clinical circles of psychology. FOMOs are restless people who are unable to stay away from their phones due to the temptation to constantly check for updates from their social media friends. Relentlessly shooting status updates to their friends on social networking sites is their major life cause. As a student, FOMO can affect you in many ways. The worst is the loss of concentra- tion in the work because the mind always wanders as to what one is missing out on the social media world. The phenomenon of FOMO is directly linked to the frenzy about online social networking. Many people do not feel comfortable to go blah blah in public, but on these virtual spaces, they define themselves very differently. One of my early classmates, who rarely talked to anyone in the class, was entirely different in her social media existence. It was surprising to see that she had about 1000 friends on Facebook. More amazing was her status updates and pictures on FB. She even shared her strange day to day routines regularly on FB. But if you look around, she is not a rare case. The take away is that social networking sites never show the real persona of an individual. On social networking sites, everybody wants to show themselves in great moods, and in even greater looking pictures. Nobody puts his/her dull images on these cybernetic social spaces. Dull pictures are brushed up to keep up their good image among the friends. After all, number of ‘likes’ matter, right? No doubt that the social networking sites are the new way of socializing but they are not the real way. Approaching a person on a social networking site and in reality is totally different. Social networking sites often restrict the social interactions of a person to his or her phone and phone friends. Such sites are a big hit, may be because we all feel very lonely in our real social lives. In a way such networks may give you a feel of togetherness, but it is important to control the involvement by limiting the usage. Let’s not become victims of FOMO.

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